Pilot killed, passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighbourhood

One person died as a result of a small plane crash on Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighbourhood, local police said.

The Savannah Police Department said in a brief statement that officers were dispatched to the crash site on East 66th Street, roughly 4.8 kilometers south of the city's historic landmark district.

“The pilot is deceased, and the passenger has minor injuries,” Savannah police posted on X, adding, “No one on the ground was injured.” Savannah's firefighter union posted on Facebook that the crash happened shortly before 10 pm Sunday.

The Savannah Professional Firefighters Association posted a photograph of a mangled plane on the ground in front of a house.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Police said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.